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FICORA publishes market review on audiovisual content services in Finland
posted on 29 October, 2012 01:00   (public)
On 26 October 2012, The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA) published a market review on the audiovisual content services. The review looks at the different ways how Finns watch audiovisual content, and is based on the data...
SEE Digi.TV: outcome of second international conference
posted on 24 October, 2012 02:00   (public)
On 18-19 October 2012, the Post and Electronic Communications Agency of the Republic of Slovenia (APEK) held the 2nd international conference of the SEE Digi.TV project in Ljubljana. The event gathered more...
Digital TV switchover completed in Ireland and UK
posted on 24 October, 2012 02:00   (public)
On 24 October 2012, Ireland and the United Kingdom turned off the analogue television signal. Now the television services in both countries are fully digital. In Ireland, the old TV network was replaced...
CMFE publishes first mapping of Community Media in Europe
posted on 24 October, 2012 02:00   (public)
On 22 October 2012, the Community Media Forum Europe (CMFE), an international non-profit organisation which provides a common platform for networks, national federations and projects active in the "third...
On-demand services: Ofcom publishes consumer research results
posted on 23 October, 2012 02:00   (public)
Ofcom published results of the consumer research commissioned from the Essential Research Ltd on 23 October. The aim of the research was to explore consumer attitudes and behaviour in relation to on-demand audiovisual services and to help...
Digital Radio - Outcome of French consultation on standards for digital terrrestrial radio
posted on 22 October, 2012 02:00   (public)
Following a public consultation on standards for digital radio 
ATVOD’s submissions concerning protection of minors on VOD and media convergence
posted on 19 October, 2012 02:00   (public)
On 17 October 2012, the Authority for Television On Demand (ATVOD), which is the independent co-regulator for the editorial content of VOD services in UK, published its submissions to the consultation by the UK Council for Child Internet...
Gender Equality: REFRAM launches an internal call for project and publishes a handbook
posted on 18 October, 2012 02:00   (public)
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Ofcom’s Digital Radio Report 2012
posted on 18 October, 2012 02:00   (public)
On 17 October 2012, Ofcom published its Digital Radio Report 2012. Following the Government’s Digital Radio Action Plan launched in July 2010, Ofcom was requested to report annually on the availability and take-up of digital radio...
Loudness on TV: Catalan Regulator takes steps
posted on 17 October, 2012 02:00   (public)
In line with the recent trend towards loudness normalization in several European countries, the Catalan Audiovisual Council (CAC) has recently been tackling the issue of sudden changes in volume on television during advertising breaks further...
Towards a convergent NRA in France? ARCEP's point of view
posted on 16 October, 2012 02:00   (public)
Creation of a new regulatory authority in Luxembourg: Draft Law
posted on 16 October, 2012 02:00   (public)
On 15 October 2012, Luxembourg's Minister for Communication and Media, Mr. François Biltgen, announced a - long awaited - reform of media law and the creation of the Independent Audiovisual Authority of Luxembourg...
Irish BAI signals new rules for advertising of food and drink in children’s programmes
posted on 16 October, 2012 02:00   (public)
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) announced on October 12 the outcomes of a public consultation launched in March 2012 on a Draft Children’s Commercial Communications Code and a Draft General Commercial Communications Code....
Update on SEE Digi.TV activities
posted on 11 October, 2012 02:00   (public)
The Second SEE Digi.TV International Conference which is organized by the lead partner of the project, the...
Ofcom’s supplementary advice on media plurality
posted on 05 October, 2012 02:00   (public)
On 5 October 2012, Ofcom published supplementary advice to the Secretary of State on media plurality. This follows the report on the feasibility of measuring media plurality across platforms, presented to the Secretary of State for Culture in...
Access services: Ofcom's statement on new requirements for non-domestic channels
posted on 01 October, 2012 02:00   (public)
On 1 October 2012, Ofcom, the communications regulator in the UK, published a statement on new requirements for TV channels licensed by Ofcom and made available in other Member States of the European Union to provide access services such as...
Short extracts: Draft Decision by French CSA
posted on 01 October, 2012 02:00   (public)
The Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA), the French regulatory authority, notified the European Commission of its draft Decision setting up the conditions for the transmission of...
European Commission report on the promotion of European works
posted on 26 September, 2012 02:00   (public)
The European Commission published its report on the promotion of European works in television and on-demand audiovisual media services on 26 September 2012. The report examines how the Members States complied with the...
4th CERF meeting convenes in Bratislava
posted on 25 September, 2012 02:00   (public)
From 20 to 21 September 2012, the Central European Regulatory Forum (CERF) held its 4th meeting in Bratislava, hosted by the Council for Broadcasting and Retransmission of the Slovak Republic.
Report of the EU Media Futures Forum
posted on 20 September, 2012 02:00   (public)
On 20 September 2012, the EU Media Futures Forum, commissioned by Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, released its final report on trends, opportunities and challenges in the media...
MEDIADEM publishes comparative findings on media policy
posted on 20 September, 2012 02:00   (public)
MEDIADEM, an EU funded research project on media policy-making processes in EU member states and candidate countries, recently published its comparative findings. The purpose of the research project is to identify which policy processes,...
Community Media: Czech Regulator opens a public debate
posted on 19 September, 2012 02:00   (public)
The Council for Radio and Television Broadcasting, the Czech regulatory authority, recently opened a public debate on Community Media by commissioning a report mapping out the possibilities for introducing...
Ofcom awards first local TV licences
posted on 13 September, 2012 02:00   (public)
On 12 September 2012, Ofcom (UK) awarded the first licences to run local TV services on DTT in Brighton and Grimsby. This was done following new legislation which enabled Ofcom to issue local TV licences.
Loudness on TV: French CSA report
posted on 06 September, 2012 02:00   (public)
On 5 September 2012, the French regulator CSA published its first report to...
New President and new Board for the Catalan Authority
posted on 26 July, 2012 02:00   (public)
The Catalan Authority, Consell de l'Audiovisual de Catalunya (CAC), has a new President and a partly renewed Board. Roger Loppacher i Crehuet began his term of office as President on July...
New President and new Board for the Italian AGCOM
posted on 26 July, 2012 02:00   (public)
The constitutive meeting of the new Board of the AGCOM, the Italian regulator in charge of broadcasting and telecommunications, took place on 26 July 2012 at the authority's headquarters in Naples. The new...
Ofcom's Communications Market Report 2012
posted on 26 July, 2012 02:00   (public)
On 18 July 2012, Ofcom published its 9th Communications Market Report on the UK’s TV, radio, broadband, telecoms and mobile industries. This year’s report shows that viewers watched television an average of four hours per day in 2011 – up...
Looking beyond the AVMS Directive: the challenge of Connected TV, Limassol, 25-26 October
posted on 25 July, 2012 02:00   (public)
The European Commission and the Cyprus Radiotelevision Authority are organizing a conference entitled Looking beyond the AVMS Directive: the challenge of Connected TV in Limassol, Cyprus, on 25-26 October 2012. 
Prominence of European works on VOD: Assessment by Belgian CSA
posted on 09 July, 2012 02:00   (public)
On 3 July 2012, the CSA of the French speaking Community of Belgium handed over to Parliament a global assessment report of its policy measures on the promotion of European works and works of the French Community of Belgium on VOD services....
PSB funding changes in Finland
posted on 27 June, 2012 02:00   (public)
On 20 June 2012, the Finnish Parliament approved legislation on the new public service broadcasting tax. According to the new Acts, as of 1 January 2013, the activities of the Finnish public service broadcaster Yleisradio (YLE) will be funded...